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We’re starting a new (hopefully regular) feature at Hotel Swimming Pools. We’ll pick a big city and then give you unique hotel pool options within driving distance–when to find the best slide, who’s got a lazy river to float, and other pool options we know you love. Since we’re So. Cal …

It’s no Atlantis, but I’d say Splashtopia at Rancho Las Palmas is the closest thing we’ve got in Southern California. I’ve only stayed one night and just a few hours at the pool, but since it was my first visit to a “super pool,” we went all-out and got the …

There are 3 pools at the Westin Mission Hills. The main, central pool is big and clover-like and sits in the middle of the property, overlooking the golf course. This is where all the cabanas are; there’s a volleyball net and a bar/grill serving up lunch and drinks behind a …

It’s pretty much the hippest thing going when it comes to hotel swimming pools right now: The Ace Hotel and Swim Club in downtown Palm Springs. It was built on the site of a mid-sixties Howard Johnson’s motor lodge. The Ace’s restaurant is in an old Denny’s. It’s the …

Have you ever read “The Swimmer,” by John Cheever? It’s a short story about a middle-aged Long Islander who finishes a poolside cocktail and then embarks on a long-distance journey, barefoot and trunk-clad, swimming from backyard pool to backyard pool across his suburban community. He swims all …